Madhavarajan Satish, Barbaccia Carmelo, Newman Lawrence, Coombes Darryl M
Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, Queen Victoria Hospital, United Kingdom.
Br J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2013 Jun;51(4):363-4. doi: 10.1016/j.bjoms.2012.07.019. Epub 2012 Nov 30.
An aberrant common carotid artery is a rare anatomical anomaly. We report a case of an aberrant carotid artery running across the trachea in a patient undergoing total thyroidectomy. This rare anomaly may make a tracheostomy, a particularly hazardous procedure.